Beginner Synthetic Brush Set

What the set contains

An assortment of modeling brushes supplied together, the manufacturer's part number IONIC-0720. The name describes it as a set for beginners and states that the bristles are synthetic. How many brushes the set holds, what sizes they are and what shapes of mark they make are given by the manufacturer on the packaging.

What synthetic bristles are good for

Synthetic bristles are springier and less absorbent than natural ones. They therefore hold less paint, but they spring back into shape faster and stand up far better to the work that scrubs a brush: laying down thick paints, pigments and washes, stippling and the dry-brush technique. That is exactly what destroys a natural brush fastest, so it pays to keep synthetics aside as working tools even once you own finer brushes. For anyone still finding out how each size behaves, this is the simplest way to get a feel for it.

Care of the brush

Wash a brush right after work, while the paint is still wet. Most brushes are lost to paint drying up at the metal ferrule, where the bristles then splay and the point never comes back together. Do not leave brushes standing point down in a jar, as they will bend. After washing, straighten the bristles back into their original shape with your fingers and let them finish drying lying flat or point up. What a particular paint washes off with is given by its manufacturer on the packaging.

• a set of modeling brushes, part number IONIC-0720
• synthetic bristles, as the name of the item says
• put together for beginning modelers
• suited to pigments, washes, stippling and dry-brushing
• the number and sizes of the brushes are given by the manufacturer on the packaging

Terms of supply

The set of brushes on its own is what is supplied. Paints, thinner and the model are not part of the delivery, unless stated otherwise.